Land-roller.



J. HESSENAUER. LAND ROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILM, 1909.

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J. HESSENMTIEIR.-

LAND ROLLER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.14, 1909.

Patented June 1,1909.

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UNITED STATE% JOHN HESSENAUER, or GALION, omo.

LAND-RGLLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application fi1ed January 14, 1909. Serial No. 472,226.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNT-IESSENAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galion, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Land- Roller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to land rollers,

and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a roller which includes a plurality of rolling members, so mounted as to be pitched at a desired angle with relation to the line of draft of the implement, whereby the surface of the soil is effectually operated upon and pulverized with a dragging movement in addition to the weight of the implement, which has the effect of reducing the top soil to a fine dust mulch.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in an implement of the character stated, rolling members which may be adjusted with relation to each other and transversely of the implement as an entirety, and also to provide simple and effective means for holding the rolling members positively in their adjusted positions.

' In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the roller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of one of the rolls of the roller. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of one of the rolls.

The implement frame consists of the tongue 1, to the rear end portion of which is fixed the cross-beam 2. The said beam 2 is connected with the tongue 1 by means of the upwardly and rearwardly inclined arm 3. The seat post 4 is mounted upon the beam 2, and carries a suitable seat 5. The beam 2 is provided, at its end portions, with the depending brackets 6. The bearings 7 ar e pivotally connected with the brackets 6 by means of the pivot bolts 8.

Each roller frame consists of a yoke member 9, which lies in front of its respective roller and projects transversely across the outer end thereof. A standard 10 is mounted upon the outer end portion of each of the the yoke members 9, and the outer ends of the shafts 11 are connected with the said standards 10. The intermediate portions of the shafts 11 are slidably mounted in the bearings 7. The volute or helical'members 12 are secured, at their forward ends, to the inner end portions of the yoke members 9, and the volute portions of the members 12 he over the inner end portions of the rollers (hereinafter to be explained), and the rear ends of the members 12 are provided with bearings 13, adapted to receive the gudgeons of the rollers, to be explained hereafter. The inner ends of the shafts 11 are attached to the upper portions of the members 12.

The eyes 14 are attached to the interme diate portion of the tongue 1, and the plates 15 are mounted upon the intermediate front portions of the yoke members 9. The rods 16 are pivotally connected at their forward ends with the eyes 14, and are similarly con.- nected at their rear ends with the plates 15.

A gear segment 17 is mounted upon the rear end portion of the tongue 1, and the lever 18 is fulcrumed to the said segment. The lever 18 is provided with a pawl 19, which is adapted to engage the teeth of the said segment 17. A lever 20 is fulcrumed upon the rear end portion of the tongue 1 in advance of the segment 17, and is provided with the depending binary end portions 21, which straddle the tongue 1. A link 22 is l pivotally connected at its forward end with l the upper end of the lever 20 and is similarly connected at its rear end with the lower portion of the lever 18. Rods 23 are pivotally connected at their forward ends with the lower portion of the ends 21 of the lever 20, and are pivotally connected at their rear ends with the lugs 24, which are attached to the inner end portions of the yoke mei'nbers 9 of the roller frames. The rollers 25 are preferably formed from cast metal and are provided with the corrugated peripheral surfaces 26, and at their 1 ends are provided with the gudgeons 2-7. I 1

The gudgeons at the outer ends of the rollers 25 are journaled for rotation in the bearings 28, which depend from the outer end portions of the yoke members 9, and the inner l gudgeons of the said rollers 25 are journaled l for rotation in the bearings 13 carried by the j volute members 12. The forward end porl tions of the said members 12 lie over the upper inner portions of the rollers 25, while lower rear end portions of the said members 12 he beyond and adjacent the inner ends of the said rollers 25. By such an arrangement it will be seen that the rollers 25 may be pitched at an angle to each other and brought into close proximity without interpart of the forward portions of upon its fulcrum, whereby the rods 23 will be i moved longitudinally, and the rollers 25 may be pitched at a desired angle with relation to each other, or may be swung into alinement with each other if desired. At the time of the adjustment last above indicated the rods 16 may swing laterally upon their pivotal connections with the eyes 14, and the shafts 11 may slide longitudinally in the bearings 7, whereby the inner ends of the said rollers 25 may approach each other and occupy positions in close proximity. When the rollers 25 are in alinement with each other and the implement is drawn over the ground, the weight of the implement reduces the top soil into a pulverized condition, and when the rollers are pitched at an angle to each other and also at an angle to the line of draft of the implement, the weight of the implement operates upon the soil, and, in addition thereto, the rollers subject the top soil to a drag, which reduces the upper layer of the soil to a fine dust mulch. Thus by adjusting the rollers and securing the same in the adjusted positions, the soil may be operated upon in such manner as its character indicates that it should be, preparatory to planting, 01' for other purposes.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure, by Letters Patent, is 1-- 1. A roller comprising a frame, roller frames pivotally and slidably connected with the first said frame, rollers journaled for rotation in the roller frames, said rollers having their inner forward portions projecting under the inner forward portions of the roller frames, and means mounted upon the first said frame and connected with the roller frames for holding the latter in. adjusted position.

2. A roller comprising a tongue, an upwardly and rearwardly disposed arm attached to the tongue, a beam mounted upon said arm, bearings pivotally connected with the end portions of the beam, roller frames slidably mounted in the bearings, rollers j ournaled for rotation in the roller frames, rods pivotally connected attheir forward ends with the tongue, and pivotally connected at their rear ends with the roller frames, a lever mechanism mounted upon the tongue, and rods operatively connecting the said lever mechanism with the inner end portions of the said roller frames.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HESSENAUER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT Benson, 0. H. HENKEL. 

